The Freedom Of The Press Is One

I Determined To Spend The Remainder Of My Days In Privacy And Retirement With My Children, From Whose Society Alone I Cou'd Expect Comfort.

Who Are The Militia, If They Be Not The People, Of This Country...? I Ask Who Are The Militia? They Consist Now Of The Whole People, Except A Few Public Officers.

That The People Have A Right To Uniform Government; And, Therefore, That No Government Separate From, Or Independent Of The Government Of Virginia, Ought To Be Erected Or Established Within The Limits Thereof.

One Of The First Principles Of Decorative Art Is That In All Manufactures Ornament Must Hold A Place Subordinate To That Of Utility; And When, By Its Exuberance, Ornament Interferes With Utility, It Is Misplaced And Vulgar.

As Much As I Value An Union Of All The States, I Would Not Admit The Southern States Into The Union, Unless They Agreed To The Discontinuance Of This Disgraceful Trade, Because It Would Bring Weakness And Not Strength To The Union.